C anada has qualified for sailing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games thanks to a pair of Nova Scotians who weren’t even competing in the sport this time last year. The team of Jacob Saunders and Oliver Bone secured a spot for Canada in the 470 men’s sailboat competition—a class of dinghy with a crew […]
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Coast 25: 46 of the weirdest things we’ve ever published
The prophet in Clayton Park Bill Deagle says he knows things they don’t want you to know about 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and other government secrets. Now he lives in suburban Halifax, with an internet radio broadcast and orders from god to get the truth out there. Celine Dion’s cancelled Halifax show After the […]
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Three sports in the Halifax hipster olympics
[Image-1] 1. Hardcourt bike polo It’s been 108 years since bicycle polo made its one and only appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. A modern variation of the game, hardcourt bike polo, is played in Halifax every Thursday at 7pm on the outdoor arena behind South Street’s Gorsebrook […]
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Let’s change our commentary around women in sport
[Image-1] Every two years, people around the world gather to watch the best athletes in their country compete in dozens of events, and witness the pinnacle of amateur sport—the Olympic Games. Why is it that a lot of folks who don’t normally follow sport tune in to watch? We want to see athletes run faster, […]
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Snark and snack
Phew, we’re almost done. Only four more nights of adjusting our TV viewing to Vancouver time. Admittedly our Canada mittens from Zellers are starting to fray a little, and the sound of Brian Williams’ voice is haunting our waking lives like The Ring. But we’re committed to the couch and the snack bowl to the […]
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Luongo sucks!
He lets two in against GERMANY, and people are touting him as an awesome goalie. Brodeur made some awesome saves in the US game, and if he stayed in his net, he’d have won us gold. Keeping Luongo in will kill us. We now have no chance in this tournament. —Defeated Already
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Pass the earplugs: the art of Olympic music
Blades of glory: Metallica gives medal a new name. I can’t wait for the moratorium on Nikki Yanofsky‘s “I Believe.” It must be coming soon. Though it’s been number one on iTunes Canada (k.d. lang‘s “Hallelujah” was number two), it ‘s destined for the same song heap as ghosts of Olympics past. Does anyone remember […]
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Playing Six Degrees of Argyle Street to Wayne Gretzky
It’s a far way from The Rita MacNeil Story: Former Neptune Theatre production manager Robin Creelman now works with David Atkins, the company that is producing the Vancouver Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. I actually liked their ice-cold futuristic world of giant polar bears—there’s something already alienesque about athletes—but you know it will always be […]
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Olympic highs and lows, heroes and falls
Originally I thought this would be some kind of disappointed hockey post, but then I heard Samir Azzimani on CBC Radio this morning, and I realized exactly what’s wrong with the Olympics. Back in the old days when goalers had no head protection, the Olympic hockey teams (and basketball) were made up of junior players, […]
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Stojko’s so not impressed
So I’ve had this photo, just waiting for the perfect opportunity. Thanks Elvis, for giving me the words, “I am going to watch hockey, where athletes are allowed to push the envelope. A real sport.” Aww, snap!. Apparently Stojko wasn’t too impressed with last night’s skating finals—he calls it “the night they killed figure skating,” […]
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Your Olympic snack break
Generally we’re not impressed by people using the Olympics to sell us stuff, but Fred Schneider’s project, The Superions, makes me want to flip my lid, in a glittery awesome way. There’s a team I’d join. Learn the disco garbage can moves before The B-52s arrive at Casino NS, March 19-20.
